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Mccaleb No. 1

Past Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104158
MRDS ID MP00071
Record type Site
Current site name Mccaleb No. 1
Alternate or previous names Sourdough No. 1, McCaleb's Sourdough No. 1, Part of Mccaleb Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.8331, 42.27815 (WGS84)
Elevation 1103
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2 MI SOUTH OF PEARSOLL PEAK, 1,200 FT WEST OF CHETCO PASS
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 010W 11,12 W2 OF NW4 (12) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. 50 FT EAST OF SECTION LINE IN SEC. 12. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL IN SEC. 12 NEAR CENTER W/2; UTM FOR THIS IS 4680800N, 431410E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary
Platinum Tertiary
Palladium Tertiary
Iridium Tertiary
Ruthenium Tertiary
Rhodium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinized

Analytical data

Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=19 PPB
Result PD=11 PPB
Result IR=<20 PPB
Result RU=<100 PPB
Result RH=11 PPB. 3-FT CHANNEL SAMPLE YIELDED 14.59% CR2O3, 8.31% FE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.8331, 42.27815
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Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED LENSES
    Strike N35E
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation. Ore Is In A 3-Ft-Wide Dunite Band

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pearsoll Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. B. A. Mccaleb
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • SEE RECORD M061569 FOR PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 40 X 20 X 10 FT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS MP00071
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410150029
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M061569

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTIRES BULLETIN 52, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, G.H., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED CHROMITE LENSES ARE ABOUT 3 FT WIDE
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS M013622 AND M061570 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE FILE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-90 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries